College Promise Top News: March 3, 2025
                
            
        
    
    
            College Promise continues its dramatic expansion!
               
            
            
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                Partner Spotlight: College Promise - Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
                Student debt in the U.S. has become a defining challenge of young professionals today. Once a pathway to opportunity, higher education now leaves many burdened with $1.727 trillion in debtβsurpassing ...
            
        
    
    
            A heartfelt thanks to Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, the fiscal sponsor of College Promise. Thanks especially to Heidi Gatty and Lillian Chege who continue to be champions and mentors on behalf of our nationβs students and programs who believe in their potential.
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